Surprisingly, Ellie seemed to have been to Kasta many times and didn't need anyone else to show her way. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"It's not all about Mespier"

Ellie sat lazily on my shoulder, leaning against my head.

"It's been like this since he was a kid, he never liked to go anywhere else"

There was a feeling of resentment in her heart.

"This kind of work for overseas visits is pushed to me to do"

"But you don't hate this kind of work, do you?"

"Hey~"

Ellie laughed knowingly.

"Thanks to this, I've been to many, many places"

It turns out that Ellie likes interesting things, not because she has been in the Dawn Mountains since she was born.

Rather, it was because she had traveled everywhere since she was a child, and she could no longer stay in the Dawn Mountains in peace—that would make her bored.

Like us, as long as people have a broad horizon, they can't stay still.

"Still,"

Elle said, resting the back of her head on top of my head, looking up at it, and raising her hands as if she were going to touch the ceiling.

"I don't really like this place"

I couldn't agree more with the feeling of the little one.

The streets here are almost sealed, and even during the day, torches are needed to illuminate them.

Buildings are like building blocks that are put together, and wherever you go, you can see them connected at the highest point.

Of course, it's not as airtight as building an underpass, but because of those—

The room that was added like a patch, and the heavy walls, and the dense steel thorns that stretched out from the walls.

The stuff was so densely intertwined that it completely blocked off the street.

It made us walk through the streets of Kasta, as if we were walking in an underground tunnel.

Occasionally, there are unenclosed places, and the setting sun casts the last rays of the sun, reflecting a faint golden glow off the thick gray-black metal walls of the buildings.

From time to time, there would be the sound of hammering iron, and every once in a while you would feel the heat from the furnace.

Sniff ~ sniff ~

There is a fresh aroma that comes from cooking grains.

There was a puff of steam coming from the front shop, and there were a number of barbarians gathered outside, looking like men and women, waiting to buy food.

"Oh~~Oh, this cake shop is one of the best in Karsta"

Elle looked very happy, but she immediately spread her hands again and said in a tone of regret.

"Well, but it's not as delicious as your cooking anyway."

Oh...... It is really flattering to receive such praise from Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"Ellie Heranna!"

Someone called Elle's name, a clear, immature female voice.

"Tingya"

Elle beckoned to the other side, and a wave of joy flowed through Elle's heart, and I immediately understood that she seemed to have met an old friend.

Out of the tall barbarian crowd, a little girl emerged.

Of course, to say 'little girl' is to say that she is more than a head taller than me.

"Welcome, welcome, how about a pie?"

Haha, it turned out to be the store's daughter, and she didn't forget to sell her own cakes to Elle, and it was really professional.

"Well, come on a hot one"

The little girl turned and ran back into the crowd, and then came out of the crowd again.

She handed Elle a thick wheat cake, which looked steaming, and said that it was almost as big as Elle.

"Are you here to have fun?"

"Alas, don't mention it"

Elle gestured to the attendant behind her, and an elf stepped up and handed the little girl a small piece of shiny metal.

I'm afraid that's the currency of Karsta.

"Well, let's break it up and divide it for everyone."

The attendant listened to Ellie's command and broke the bread into many portions, and all who were with him got their share.

Yo, it's a little hot, not as delicate as the pasta we usually eat, this thing looks a little rough, but it has a natural fragrance.

When I took a bite, the taste was a little weird, not as sweet as I imagined, and even a little bitter.

And then there'...... Some kind of hot feeling.

There's chili? No, no, it doesn't seem to smell chili, it's ...... A taste of some kind of magic?

Elle took only a small piece and chewed it while chatting with the little girl.

It sounded like the two of them were old acquaintances, as if Elle would come here every time she came to Kasta to taste their cakes.

The wheat used to make these loaves appears to have been brought from the Dawn Mountains.

After saying goodbye to the little girl selling bread, we continued our walk towards the center of the city.

Strangely, the pedestrians on the streets here are not much different from what they have just seen.

For example, in the Dawn Mountains, the Sunrise Valley is inhabited by ordinary elves, where the elves look ordinary, while the elves in the royal city of Elgonda look noble.

There are obvious differences in the appearance and clothing of the residents in different places.

But Karsta was different, although we were already very close to the center of the city, and the huge steel building where the lord lived was already within sight.

But the rest of the surrounding residents are still the same.

I have to guess that there is not much difference in social status between the barbarians in this city.

In a few moments, the huge building where the lord was located was fully revealed in front of us.

Unlike El Gonda, the royal palace is ornate and graceful, with a high dome and wide steps.

The buildings here seem to be very simple, and the lord's dwelling is only so large because of the many people who live there.

It is not fundamentally different from other buildings.

There was a doorman standing at the door, who was not armed but wore a hat made of the fur of an unknown animal, and looked a little more elegant than the other barbarians.

"Isn't this Elie Herana"

As soon as he saw Ellie, he called Ellie's name, and it seems that Her Royal Highness the princess is really a celebrity.

"What wind brought you to Kasta, huh?"

He speaks bluntly and openly, but he is not so much blunt as he is impolite......

How can there be such a greeting to the princesses of other countries.

"I'm here to see Yurga and thank you for being able to take part in the siege of the cavemen."

"Oh? hahaha"

The doorman laughed triumphantly, as if he had received some compliment.

Then he shifted his bulky body and motioned for Elle to go in.

"Wait a minute."

Ellie turned around and spoke to the other guards, and then asked me to walk with her through the massive iron door.

As soon as you enter through the door, you will be ...... The room that looks like a banquet hall is spacious, the floor is covered with soft animal skins, and there are many people.

No, no, it's not so much a banquet hall as a tavern, a restaurant, because—

A group of barbarians, about a dozen, were gnawing and drinking.

They sat on carpets, without chairs, and in front of each of them there was a small table on which were placed utensils as large as pots, in which food was held.

Everyone gathered in a semicircle, as if there was a banquet, and a few other barbarians were busy serving them freshly prepared food.

As they chewed, they chatted with the people next to them, their voices were very loud, and they let out rough laughter from time to time.

It's hard to imagine that this is the lord's house.

Probably...... It's a group of guards finishing their meal, so there's only one standing at the door, well, it must be that.

"Lord Yurga"

Ellie's words extinguished my illusions.

The oversized barbarian sitting in the middle noticed our presence.

"Oh, Ellie Heranna!"

In response to his words, the other barbarians around us also noticed our presence.

"Isn't this the princess of the elves?"

"Yo, the little girl of the Akaba family"

"Look, she's still so small, hahaha"

......

Well, the crowd welcomed Elle like an old acquaintance, which reassured me a lot.

But this kind of atmosphere like a child who is teasing his classmates makes me super unhappy.

"Who's Little Nizi! Believe it or not, I'll pull out your beard!"

Elle jumped up from my shoulder, clenched her little fists, and demonstrated at one of them.

"Oh!"

The barbarian with two tufts of crooked beard immediately dropped the meatloaf in his hand and covered his beard with two large, oily hands.

"Aha-"

The other barbarians were already on the verge of laughing, and the whole room exploded at once.

Whew――

I was also relieved, I was afraid that Ellie would get angry and make a fuss, it turned out that she already knew how to deal with this group of big men.

"Come on, come on, let's have dinner together"

Sitting in the middle of the circle, the big barbarian named Yurga patted the floor beside him, as if he wanted to invite us to dinner.

"No, we've eaten"

Elle waved her hand lightly.

Hey, Ellie wasn't even interested in what she was eating, and she hadn't eaten much of that cake just now......

Anyway, I took a closer look at their little table and understood.

Inside the pot-sized basin is a pale white broth without any garnishes, as if it had been cooked raw.

The large lumps of flesh inside, with fat on them that were probably nearly an inch thick.

The meatloaf on the large plate, which was simply kneaded together with the grain and meat, seemed to have been roasted over a fire, and had burnt marks.

Hardly anyone had fruit on their table, except for one person with some green leaves in front of them, which looked like wide leaves.

On each table is a cup that looks like a bamboo tube, and it seems to be holding something like wine.

Grunt.

I swallowed nervously, glad Elle had bought the wheat cake beforehand.

If I sat in this group and ate together, it would kill me!